Cartridge i m plement



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WITNESSES mig . ATTORNEY .l -INVBNT0RI i STATES Ferien? muCn.'

JOHN BARLoW, 0F NEW HAvnmooNNncfrIcUrr.

CARTRIDGE --fTon/ZZ wh 11)l timmy concern.-V

Be it-knownithat I, JOHN H. BARLow, a-

citizen of the-United Stat e s,residing at New Haven,"in the county of New Haven and State yt' ridgeshell, anda ram'mer for'placing the wad iifa'very compact form, l

72o Figure 1 is a view of Imy improvedjimple ment, partly in section, also illustrating the '.zaposition of the cartridge-shellwhen inserting VV:fa new primer. Fig. 2 represents the-'imple- "'S'PmeI'- serves asa rammer.

on linezvoflig. 3.. While these reloading implements havebeen 1'n'a de heretofore in avariety of forms,I prefer goethe one shown and hereinafter described.

combination-tool for loading shot-cartridges 'which shall embody simplicity, compactness, utility, and ease of manipulation, and this is 5"'.`achieved in the construction and arrangement YAfjjof the parts, substantially as and for the purpose hereinafter shownanddescribed. j' Letters of like name and kind refer to like parts in 'each of the figures. 4o As a certain amount of pressure is necessary i; 1. .in loadingthese cartridges, the body A. of the implement is provided with a suitable convex "ff'ead, which fits the hollow ofthe hand, enabling the operator to apply great power with '71,45 little inconvenienceto himself. This handpiece ais located upon the body A, ldirectly opposite to the piston b, which is moreA fully explained hereinafter.

. r In Figtl B represents' a car Se ,'50` a portionbroken lout to facilitate showing the parts,- sseated in' the recess of the implement of Connecticut, have invented certain new and" mplementsor tools 1:5" for removing the exploded primer, for insert- "-ring a new primer in the primer-seat of v the.ca 1"` into the shell, all combined in A o 1 1 e implemept" nient inserted. in a shell about.' toextract'thej. Fig. 3 is a view of thejsleeve,wl 1 ich- Fig. 4; isfa cross-sect' 'nj l' """`-.The design of this invention is-tofurnish ab triage-sheininh;

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to insert a primer. This reci will be better understood by reference to Figsl l and 2=in conjunction, in which the lines c and c' reprei ?nt the open space above the cartridge-head,

f and d the sides of the recess fitting the ex- 'ternal diameter of.' `the cartridge-shell, ande 'and e the beveled enlargement corresponding to the headof the cartridge-shell. While thisl recess might be cut through, leaving the 'opposite sides parallel and 'permitting the shell to be entered from either side, I prefermak- 'ing it asy represented, with one end closed, whichserves as a stop to center the shell directly under the primer-inserting screwy l l. 65

Dis a sleeve, which forms the ramme for placing the wad into the shell, andwhen exv Vtended from the bodyA, as shown in section, Fig. 1, it'is adapted to be rotated yuponsthe piston "f In `Fig. 3 the sleeve D is represented as h'avf1' ing fluted sides-a form which I do not strictly confine myself to, as a plaincylindrieal sleeve Vwill perform the work equally aswell. Should it be desirable to make the 'sleeve Dv of met- 75 al', the uted form would be the lightest in fweight. The'central hole passing longitudinally through thisvsleeve D is enlarged at one end, so as to leave a shoulder, g, as shown by dotted lines in Fig, .3, and also in the sectional view'of Fig. 1. The'function of this shoulder g on the inside of the sleeve D is set forth hereinafter." A side view is given o f the piston b in Fig..1, in which the proiectiohis'wn-{shown in dotted lilies in Fig. 2) do not appa.. in outline', as they haveajthickness the same as the diameter of the piston b, of which they. are a part, and are adapted to t into the transverse'- slotY or opening f iu the end of the sleeveD.

rI he helical springipontliepiston b is retained inside the sleeve D by the nut r upon the end of the pistoni), one end of this spring pressing against the nut r and the other a ainst the shoulder g, thereby 'f keepingpressed toward the head or bo 'able pin is placed in the end o and secured by a screw-adevic known to needdescription.

Having described theseve onstitute my invention, the operation and functions of the same are as follows, viz: If it is desired to extract the primer. from the primerfseat in the cartridgeshell, the sleeve D should be turned upon the piston b until the slot or opening f is opposite the .projections n n, when the helical spring upon the piston b will force the sleeve D into the position in Fig. 2, leaving the pin-in the end of the piston protruding, which can-be entered into the small hole in the center of the primer- I seat, and the primer is forced out' by pressure upon the convex hand-piece a. Should the tool be desired to operate as a wad-rammer, the sleeve D is moved longitudinally upon the piston b, so as to compress the helical spring and withdraw the projections n n from the slot when it is necessary to rotate the sleeve D one-quarter of a revolution upon the piston, thereby placing the end of the sleeve D against the projections n n, as in Fig. 1, in which position the other end of the sleeve covers and protect-s the extractor-pin from injury, and forms a very desirable form of wad-rammen Whenever it is required to reseat Va primer, (the primer first being placed in the pocket ofthe shell B,) the shell is passed into the recess in the body A, `as shownin Fig. l, the openspace above'the head of the shell allowing the primer, which has not been seated, to pass under the seating-screw C. With this seatingscrew C the primer is forced 4.into the pocket of the shell, the rim of the shell which forms the 3o head being larger in diameter than the body proper, and entered into the enlargement of the recess. The shell B is thus held securely while the primer is being seated.

with a small aperture, s, through which a screw-driver may be entered to remove the extractor-pin from the piston b without disturbing the other parts of the implement.

What I claim as new, Letters Patent, is

In a cartridge-reloading implement, the combination of the body A, having a suitable recess upon oneside for receiving and h ldng the head of the cartridge-shell B while seating 45 a primer, also provided with the 'primer-seatf ing screw C or its equivalent, and convex hand-piece a, with' the piston b, provided with an extractor-pin, as shown, together with the v' .movable rammer-sleeve D, all being arranged `5o to operate substantial] y as and for the purpose set forth.A *Y l.

In testimony'whereof I aix my signature in presence of two witnesses. i

v JOHN H. BARLOW.

LoUrsl S. DAY,

Lnvnnnr'r L. PHELPs.

The sleeve D is shown in Fig. 3' as provided 35 and desire tosecure by 4o' 

